ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 462 The Great Battle of Taranto ([-])

"At least come and take a look at our little Eunice, right?" Asuna bent down and said softly to the little baby in the wooden cart.

When the originally quiet little Eunice saw a familiar person approaching her, she immediately screamed "Yah!" and danced wildly with her hands and feet, pushing away the thick wool quilt covering her body.

"Madam, look, even little Eunice is protesting!" Azuna said jokingly as she covered the baby with a quilt.That is to say, in the Davos Mansion, which treats its slaves kindly, and because Azuna is Crystal's confidant, she dares to speak like this.

Kristoya looked at her daughter, with a gentle light shining in her bright eyes. She thought of something, sighed softly and said: "Little Cloo didn't see his father when he was born. Who is Mr. Dionia?" The war is going on..."

When the three of them were sighing, there was crying from the front yard.

It's little Crowe!Agnes and Azuna's expressions changed, and Azuna hurriedly said: "I'll go take a look."

"There's no need to go. With Heni and Cynthia here, there's nothing to worry about." As a mother, Christoya was much calmer than Agnes and Asuna.

Due to the expansion of the war, Dionia continued to dispatch young adults to the front line. Many institutions throughout Thurii stopped functioning due to lack of manpower. The same was true for schools. Guards and instructors either joined the new legion or became sailors or Join the transport team.Although teachers do not have to go to the battlefield because Dionia has special legal provisions for the purpose of protecting high-quality talents, they still go to places where they are needed under the arrangement of the city hall and contribute to the war, such as becoming Statistician of the Ministry of Military Affairs, bookkeeper of baggage transportation...

As a result, school teaching has come to a standstill.And without the protection of guards and instructors, the safety of the students could not be guaranteed, so Ansitanos had to announce that the school was temporarily closed.

For safety reasons, Cynthia, Adoris, and little Crow were ordered not to go out. The little guys who were suffocated at home saw their big brother Henipolis coming back after not seeing him for a long time, so they excitedly pestered him to play. Son.

The childlike Henipolis had no choice but to take them to play a rugby toss and catch game on the sports field in the front yard. The pool was demolished and turned into a small sports ground so that the children could play happily and exercise at the same time).

Little Chloe, who was more than four years old, was naturally running around excitedly with her brother and sister. When she accidentally tripped and fell to the ground, she burst into tears.

Adoris was having fun and said impatiently: "There's no bleeding, so there's nothing to cry about!"

Cynthia glared at him, and Adoris immediately stopped talking. He had always been a little afraid of this biological sister who was two years older than him.

Cynthia rushed over, helped up the crying little Crow, gently patted the dust off his body, and then said softly: "Little Crow, you are a brave warrior. Soldiers don't cry."

When little Crow, who often followed Adoris at home and wanted to be a brave soldier, heard this, he immediately wiped his face with his little hands and curled his lips and said, "I'm not crying!"

"Okay, let's rest for a while." Henipolis panted heavily and sat down on the sidelines.Unlike the citizens of the alliance who often undergo military training, he spends most of his time in the academy looking up information and practicing writing. He already lacks exercise. Just now, he was a ball grabber, running back and forth with these energetic children, and soon He exhausted all his energy: "I'll tell you a story."

"What story?" Adoris immediately asked with interest. Hennipolis was very good at telling stories and used to tell them to children.

"The story of the goddess Persephone, the wife of Hades, and the sea monster. This is what I collected last time I went to Sicily. You must have never heard of it."

"I want to listen!" Adoris shouted immediately.

"I want to listen too!" Little Crow shouted louder.

Cynthia didn't say anything, and quietly sat down next to Henipolis.

When Aristelas walked into the house, he happened to see three children sitting around Henipolis, listening carefully to his vivid stories.

Seeing this heartwarming scene, Aristelas naturally thought of the news he had just received about the "Arobomas Rebellion", and he couldn't help but sigh...

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In the early morning of December 12, the weather was fine, with a cloudless sky and a gentle breeze.

Davos gathered all the soldiers of the First and Second Legions at the military camp, and then led them to the foot of the mountain of the Temple of Hades, where a lot of people had already gathered, as well as the senators of the Senate.

Davos took the lead to go up the mountain, followed by the senators and the two legion commanders.

The priest in charge, Plesinas, had already been waiting in front of the temple, and a group of people headed by Davos entered the Hell Hall of the Hades Temple with solemn expressions.

Davos looked up at the statue of Pluto holding a double fork, with fluttering black hair and angry eyes. He actually felt a sense of intimacy in his heart: he had formed an indissoluble bond with Hades since his rebirth, and now he is even more closely related to Hades. He rests and shares weal and woe. As long as Dionia exists, the Davos royal family will definitely be a family member with him, worship him, and be protected by him...

Thinking of this, Davos knelt down and saluted devoutly, and then said in a loud voice: "Just and selfless God Hades, your earthly kingdom of God, Dionia, is surrounded by flames of war and is in danger. Your descendants ( That is, Davos himself) is about to lead his army in a decisive battle with the Syracuseans. I hope to get your blessing and return with a great victory!"

After speaking, Davos stood up, lit an oil lamp, and placed it respectfully on the altar table in the middle of the statue.

Then, Plessinas led a black calf specially selected from many Lucanian cattle. It seemed to know its fate, but when Davos held it down with his left hand, it did not scream. Jump.

Davos drew out his dagger, touched its back and neck, made a determined effort, and thrust the sword in hard. The calf whined and fell to the ground dead.

The priests quickly carried it to the sacrificial table, cut open the abdomen, and took out the internal organs for inspection.How can there be lesions in the internal organs of healthy calves?Therefore, the divination priest looked through it carefully and said loudly: "Good omen! It's a good omen!!"

Everyone looked relaxed and happy, singing Hades' hymn and watching Plessinas solemnly offering fresh blood food in front of the statue...

In addition to the Hell Palace, Davos and the two legion commanders also paid homage to the Hall of Valor...

"Boom!...Boom!..." Nine long and majestic bells rang out from the mountain. One strong sound and the people and soldiers at the foot of the mountain became excited.

"It's a good sign! It's a good sign!!..." By the time Davos and his party came down from the mountain, the foot of the mountain had become a sea of ​​joy, as if the battle had been won.

Just as Daves was leading the first and second legions toward the military port, Sekerian was mobilizing nearly 3 sailors in the military port before the war: "Brothers, you have trained hard for so long, and today you are finally going to fight the enemy at sea. The war has begun. Yesterday, I was summoned by His Majesty Davos to discuss the naval battle. I was accompanied by several legion commanders. They actually dissuaded Your Majesty from fighting the Syracuseans at sea. What did they say, "Our navy It has just been formed and has no experience. It is impossible to be the opponent of the Syracuse people.' I argued with them, but they reprimanded me and said, 'Our navy has no achievements and is not qualified to talk to them...'"

Sekerian's words made all the sailors angry, and he took the opportunity to shout loudly: "Fortunately, the wise King Davos said, 'He believes that the sailors of Dionia will fight bravely like citizen soldiers and bring success to the alliance. Come and win!'. Brothers, we must not disappoint His Majesty's expectations and use a glorious victory to tell the proud army that we are also heroes in the hearts of the people! And with this victory, we can also be like legionnaires. , obtain citizenship faster (because a large part of the sailors are freedmen)! Get the allocated land faster! Brothers, for the sake of your better life in the future, let us fight hard and defeat Syracuse Zha the navy!"

“Defeat the Syracuse Navy!!!”

"The Dionia Navy is victorious!!!"

"His Majesty Davos is victorious!!!"

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The sailors who were excited by Sekerian's speech raised their arms and shouted. The shouts made the people who had received the news and were rushing to the coast look sideways. Even Davos, who was halfway on the road, heard their shouts and couldn't help laughing. Said: "The morale of the navy is very high!"

Although there was some quarrel with Sekerian yesterday, before the battle began, Amyntas put those minor disputes behind him and said happily: "This is good, and we have increased our chances of winning a little bit more."

"Now I order—" Sekelian looked around at the sailors, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Tug the boat into the water!!"

The sailors immediately rushed to the dock where the warships they were responsible for were stored.

Warships that are not in combat at ordinary times are stored in dry docks and exposed to the sun regularly so that shipworms that can cause great damage to ships cannot survive. At the same time, rotten ship plates are replaced and maintained, thus ensuring the life of the warships.Therefore, the military port of Thurii is different from the commercial port. It has no dock. Instead, the river bank is built into a sloping causeway with a certain angle, and a dock is built on the causeway.After the warship enters the port, the sailors will drag the warship along the causeway slope into the dry dock for storage.

Since the military port of Turui was built hastily and without careful planning in advance, not only is each dock built simply, but the area is also cramped. It extends from the Temple of Hera to the east and extends to the part outside the market. On the river bank, this section of the Krati River is densely lined with large and small shipyards.

　Thanks to Vanishing Maple and Qiankun Feiyu for the reward!Your support is my biggest motivation for writing!
　　
　
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